Genesis 19:24-28

24 Then the LORD 1rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,
25 and 2He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
26 But his wife, from behind him, 3looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to 4the place where * he had stood before the LORD;
28 and he looked down toward * Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward * all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, 5the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

Genesis 19:24-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalms 11:6; Isaiah 13:19; Ezekiel 16:49, 50; Luke 17:29; Jude 7
  • 2. Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalms 107:34; Isaiah 13:19; Lamentations 4:6; 2 Peter 2:6
  • 3. Genesis 19:17; Luke 17:32
  • 4. Genesis 18:22
  • 5. Revelation 9:2; Revelation 18:9

Footnotes 3

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